पञ्चाङ्ग — Madurai, Tamil Nadu · January 13, 2017 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.22 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
रुद्रादित्या वसवो ये च साध्या

विश्वेऽश्िवनौ मरुतश्चोष्मपाश्च।

गन्धर्वयक्षासुरसिद्धसङ्घा

वीक्षन्ते त्वां विस्मिताश्चैव सर्वे।।11.22।।
"11.22 The Vital Forces, the Major stars, Fire, Earth, Air, Sky, Sun, Heaven, Moon and Planets; the Angels, the Guardians of the Universe, the divine Healers, the Winds, the Fathers, the Heavenly Singers; and hosts of Mammon-worshippers, demons as well as saints, are amazed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.95°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra96.34°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala324.26°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha245.79°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.64°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra315.83°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani238.43°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

☀️ Madurai, Tamil Nadu — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:38 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:40 – 06:38
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:14 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:59 – 12:26
Yamaganda15:20 – 16:47
Gulika Kāla08:05 – 09:32
Varjyam07:07 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:44

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:38 – 08:05 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:05 – 09:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:32 – 10:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:59 – 12:26 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:26 – 13:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:53 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:20 – 16:47 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:47 – 18:14 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:14 – 19:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:47 – 21:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:20 – 22:53 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:53 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:26 – 01:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:59 – 03:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:32 – 05:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:05 – 06:38 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 9.9252°
Longitude: 78.1198°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869301.27 · 5118.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457766.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0910° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)188.53° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0910°) · declination -21.47° · EoT -8.64 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2017-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)